Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
2. The Mother, Sri Aurobindo and the Integral Yoga
Fragment ID: 19059
After realisation whatever the Higher Will demands is the best1 – but first detachment is the rule. To reach the Freedom without the discipline and detachment is given to few. The Mother and myself went for years through the utmost self-imposed bareness of life.
15 November 1933
1 This reply was written in answer to a sadhak’s remark concerning the wearing of beautiful clothing. – Ed.